Iceblink and You Might Miss It

 

An Iceblink is a visual effect caused by light reflecting off a mass of ice in the distance near the horizon. It is also the name of a literary publication. A poem of mine, "Floating in the Hive" heads up Issue 8.

Not in ELLE but ELLIE

 

Andrew Jackson won a boxing match and killed the Bank of the United States

Hello all, happy weekend to those who celebrate. Ellie Magazine published a poem of mine, The Independent Treasury. I don't remember why I chose to name it that.

A Diamond in the Rough of Rough Diamond

 

"And the subject's no Venus"

Thanks to Charlotte Cosgrove and Rough Diamond, for publishing me in The Body: An anthology of poetry. Dig around and find me.

Tap into THIS Poem

 

Tap into Poetry's 9th issue is out now. It includes a poem by me called "Then Don’t Send a Poet to a Concert Next Time"

Santa Barbara Literary Journal Volume 12: Superposition

 I think I am in this:

Poem

Summer Spire by Ben Nardolilli

 

You can buy a fragrance with a poem of mine on it.

Back to the Square for a Feral Poet

 

Feral Poetry published a poem of mine called Back to the Square. It's based on the aftermath of all the recent failed uprisings of the human spirit the CIA didn't back.

Waiting Behind

 

Temple in a City (which could be this temple, in this city, or not) published a poem by me involving the stars. Not from Hollyweird, but above in the firmament. Read it here.

Come to My Beacon

 

The Poetry Lighthouse published two poems of mine: In the Western World and Deamortization. 

Synchronize with My Chaos

 

Synchronized Chaos has published poems by me. Pictured above is a garnet, in honor of one of them: Garnet Harbor. It was inspired by a Max Ernst painting but I can't remember which one it was, so enjoy this rock.

Two Poems in the Bitter Melon Review

 

Hello all, here are two poems to read on a Sunday summer evening:

After Fantastic Obsessions

And

Medium Trouble in Chinese Cottage, about an old Chinese place I used to visit on the Upper West of America's greatest island, Manhattan

From the Mouth of an Underdog

 

Pessoa approves

Azarão lit journal has published a poem of mine: Grave Silhouettes

"Don't Worry About the Background. Just Go for the Tonal Values"

Metphrastics a publication based on poems inspired by the art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art  has come out with its Summer 2025 issue

And wouldn't you know it, one of my poems is in it, called The Tonal Values. It's influenced by a painting from Edouard "Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?" Manet, pictured here.

Take Two Pills and Holler in the Morning

 

Two poems by an up and coming poet whose work I admire in the Pill. 

The Freak Hope of an Infinite Rise

 

Step right up, step right up, here are two poems by Ben Nardolilli in the first issue of Ascendancy Magazine